It also carries scenes from the Battle of Britain, the Falklands War, Waterloo and Trafalgar. The owner is selling his Bentley at the forthcoming 'Historics' auction at Mercedes-Benz world on 30 November. He hopes to get £10,000 for it.

It would certainly make for a spectacle on the annual British pilgrimage to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, if you could get it through the French customs, who might say: "Swines britanniques effrontés, permet de les soumettre à une fouille complète de la cavité"

What do you think of the 'Empire' Bentley, brilliantly British or tacky as hell?